Liang County, County Ya, afternoon.

Sun Jian sat behind the desk, his face was pale, holding the letter handed by Li Dao's messenger, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and when he arrived at Zuihou, he was so gloomy that he was about to drip water.

And his eyes were already faintly red, and his snort was heavy, as if there was molten earth fire gushing out in his heart.

Bang!

Sun Jian finally couldn't bear it anymore, his right hand was connected to the silk silk, and he slapped it heavily on the desk, and the sudden loud noise pierced the dead silence in the room, and then the room fell into an even more sluggish dead silence.

The messenger was very bold, and at this time, he dared to look directly at Sun Jian's eyes that seemed to be about to breathe fire. Before he came, the general of the chariot cavalry, Li Dao, had already explained to him that it was very likely that he would not return, and if he was killed by Sun Jian, his family would be properly arranged by the imperial court.

Cheng Pu and Han Dang were not in the house, and the two of them were busy gathering and reorganizing the remnants of the army and supervising the manufacture of weapons and protective equipment in order to make a comeback.

After staring at the messenger for a long time, Sun Jian snorted coldly, suppressed his anger, and asked, "What else does Li Ji have to say?" ”

The messenger saluted respectfully and replied, "The general of the chariot has specially told his subordinates that the envoy of the Son of Heaven is already waiting in the new city, and as soon as the envoy makes up his mind, he can issue an edict." ”

Sun Jian fell silent again, the meaning of the messenger's words was obvious, the content of the decree promulgated by the envoy of the Son of Heaven depended on what kind of determination Sun Jian made.

If he continued to make enemies of Li Dao and others, the imperial court would position Huang Gai and Zu Mao as rebellious, immediately executed, and proclaimed to the world; If he withdrew from the Kwantung Coalition Army and joined forces with Li Dao and others to conquer the Kwantung Coalition Army, the imperial court would pardon him, Huang Gai, and Zu Mao for all their crimes.

This is a difficult problem, a difficult problem to choose, even if Sun Jian's mind is as firm as a rock, he is still at a loss in his heart at this moment and does not know how to choose.

On the one hand, he believes that the Han Dynasty should not be controlled by the generals of Xiliang, and vows to sweep them out of Luoyang and return the Han Dynasty to a prosperous world; One is brotherhood, if they die on the battlefield, it's nothing, but once they are executed by the court because of their choice, and they are all charged with the crime of rebellion, which makes Sun Jian very difficult to accept.

After thinking about it, the more Sun Jian thought about it, the more angry he became, his hands clenched into fists, and he slammed it on the desk again, eager to pull out the long knife and cut the messenger in front of him into pieces, so as to vent the boredom in his heart.

But reason told him that even killing a hundred messengers would be useless.

Sun Jian took a deep breath, calmed down the boredom in his heart, and the killing intent, without looking at the messenger, waved his hand casually, like driving away an annoying fly, and said, "Go down and wait." ”

The messenger bowed and left, and Sun Jian went to summon Cheng Pu and Han Dang, pacing back and forth in the hall alone, trying to clear his mind little by little, but no matter how he sorted it out, Zuihou pointed to the difficult pass.

Cheng Pu and Han Dang came in response to the call, Sun Jianqiang endured his anger, handed Li Dao's letter to the two of them to read carefully, and at the same time examined the narrative, as expected, after the two read it, they were also there with big eyes and couldn't speak.

At this time, in fact, no matter how much discussion there is, the result is the same, that is, to stick to the original position, or to the lives of Huang Gai and Zu Mao.

In desperation, Sun Jian simply sent someone to Luyang to see Yuan Shu, and told him about the situation and his dilemma, the purpose of which was of course obvious, and wanted to hear the guidance of Yuan Shu, the "Shangguan".

This is actually not a good idea, Sun Jian did this, but he couldn't let go of the original position in his heart, but he couldn't bear to let go of Huang Gai and Zu Mao to die because of him, if Yuan Shu could reprimand him righteously, he could also convince himself that it was worth sacrificing the lives of Xiaoli and even his subordinates for the sake of righteousness.

After sending the messenger away, Sun Jian's boredom improved slightly, and for a whole afternoon, he was desperately looking for things to do, so as not to let himself be idle and not think about this imminent annoyance. But in the middle of the night, he welcomed a mysterious visitor from Luoyang in the mansion, and talked secretly for more than an hour before sending the guest away.

The messenger sent by Li Dao waited in Liang County for three days, and according to the military order given to him by the general of the chariot and cavalry, in the afternoon of the third day, he directly asked to see Sun Jian, saying that the general of the chariot and cavalry, Li Dao, had a strict order, and whether there was a response or no response, he had to rush back to restore his life.

Sun Jian didn't know what was going on, and he didn't bother to embarrass the messenger, so he waved his hand and let him go.

In the evening, the scouts came to report that the Xiliang army had appeared ten miles outside Liangxian and set up a large camp.

Sun Jian still doesn't understand, this is Li Jian urging him to make up his mind quickly, whether to fight or surrender, although the choice is in Sun Jian, but the initiative is in Li Dao, and he can't help Sun Jian to play any tricks.

Sun Jian's state at this time can be said to be quite delicate.

It stands to reason that Liang County is only two days away from Luyang, and the fast horse delivers urgent news, and three days is enough to go back and forth, but to this day, Yuan Shu has no reaction, no matter how you say it, it is a little abnormal.

After thinking about it, Sun Jian had no sleep all night, but the messenger he was looking forward to didn't even return a shadow, and he didn't know if Yuan Shu hadn't seen the messenger at all, or if he didn't want to deal with this matter at all.

Early the next morning, the Xiliang army rode as far as they could, approaching Liang County, and Sun Jian only had the 10,000 troops in his hands who had just gathered and reorganized, and went out of the city to line up and block the way of the Xiliang army.

In front of the two armies, Li Dao told the truth, and he was quite happy in his heart, Sun Jian's behavior was enough to explain a lot of problems. If Sun Jian is closed and sticks to Liangxian Jiashi, it is very simple, it means that Sun Jian has made a choice, chooses to stick to righteousness, and bears to give up the lives of his generals Huang Gai and Zu Mao.

When Li Dao urged the horse forward, he only brought two personal guards, and shouted three times in front of the formation, and in the opposite military formation, Sun Jian also only brought two personal guards, and rode his horse slowly forward to stand still, separated from Li Dao by about ten steps.

Li Wei nodded at Sun Jian with satisfaction, and said aloud with a smile: "After three days' work, Wentai should have made a decision." People, they have already been brought over, just a word from Wentai, you can turn the war into jade silk and release people on the spot, how about it? ”

Sun Jian's face was gloomy, he was silent for a long time, and after taking a few deep breaths, the horsewhip kept behind Li Dao and said, "Where are the people, I have to see the people first, and then talk about the others." ”

"Good!"

Li Wei agreed without hesitation, and waved his right hand holding the horsewhip, and when the formation was neutral, several people twisted Huang Gai and Zu Mao out of the formation, but they only stood still after a few steps out of the formation, and did not go to the middle of the formation.

"What's the matter, I have always treated the two of them preferentially, as long as Wentai returns to the imperial court and fights rebellion together, not only can I have full brotherhood, but also I can add officials to the knighthood and assist the government together, so ......"

"Don't make it possible!"

Li Wei's words were interrupted by a sudden loud voice behind him, his face changed, and he turned back in astonishment, just as he saw a white-haired Huang Gai struggling there, but his whole body was tied up with five flowers, and he was followed by four Xiliang soldiers with big shoulders and round waists, no matter how he struggled, he just couldn't break free.

But his words are still clearly audible.

"Don't make it! How can it be compared with the righteousness of the king, Gai is incompetent, so ...... it"

Huang Gai's words couldn't be shouted, his mouth was firmly covered by the two of them, and he could only scream there "hmm".

Just when Li Dao turned his head to look at Sun Jian, about to continue persuading, he suddenly heard two "oops" screams from behind him, and immediately saw Sun Jian's face on the opposite side change greatly, and stretched out his hand and shouted: "Public, no!" ”

Li Dao's heart was a little cold, and he secretly screamed that it was not good, and when he looked back, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Huang Gai's mouth was full of blood, and he broke free from the shackles of the four people, ran forward a few steps, suddenly his feet were weak, he staggered and fell to the ground, his mouth opened, he snorted, and spewed out a mouthful of blood mist, as if he was saying something there.

But all that everyone heard was a muffled shouting, and they couldn't tell what he was talking about.

"Public!"

In Sun Jian's mournful cry, Huang Gai struggled to lean back, his eyes lost their brilliance, and after squirting out a mouthful of blood mist again, he raised his head and fell to the ground softly.

On the side, just as everyone was stunned there, Zu Mao also broke free from the shackles of Xiliang's soldiers, and also ran a few steps forward, kneeling down to look at Sun Jian and shouted: "Envoy, take care, Mao is incompetent, you can't follow Envoy anymore, take the first step here!" ”

As soon as the words fell, his face showed determination, and then he was distorted and deformed in pain, and like Huang Gai, several mouthfuls of blood mist erupted from the sky, and he fell to the ground with a bang.

In front of the two armies, there was silence, and everyone did not expect such a scene to happen.

After a long time, Sun Jian's loud shout sounded: "Li Dao, take your life!" ”